diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index 1fda40d..16681ba 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -620,6 +620,27 @@
             runlist.append([mc, k, ktask, fn])
             bb.event.fire(bb.event.TreeDataPreparationProgress(current, len(fulltargetlist)), self.data)
 
+        mcdeps = taskdata[mc].get_mcdepends()
+        # No need to do check providers if there are no mcdeps or not an mc build
+        if mcdeps and mc:
+            # Make sure we can provide the multiconfig dependency
+            seen = set()
+            new = True
+            while new:
+                new = False
+                for mc in self.multiconfigs:
+                    for k in mcdeps:
+                        if k in seen:
+                            continue
+                        l = k.split(':')
+                        depmc = l[2]
+                        if depmc not in self.multiconfigs:
+                            bb.fatal("Multiconfig dependency %s depends on nonexistent mc configuration %s" % (k,depmc))
+                        else:
+                            logger.debug(1, "Adding providers for multiconfig dependency %s" % l[3])
+                            taskdata[depmc].add_provider(localdata[depmc], self.recipecaches[depmc], l[3])
+                            seen.add(k)
+                            new = True
         for mc in self.multiconfigs:
             taskdata[mc].add_unresolved(localdata[mc], self.recipecaches[mc])
 
@@ -706,8 +727,8 @@
             if not dotname in depend_tree["tdepends"]:
                 depend_tree["tdepends"][dotname] = []
             for dep in rq.rqdata.runtaskentries[tid].depends:
-                (depmc, depfn, deptaskname, deptaskfn) = bb.runqueue.split_tid_mcfn(dep)
-                deppn = self.recipecaches[mc].pkg_fn[deptaskfn]
+                (depmc, depfn, _, deptaskfn) = bb.runqueue.split_tid_mcfn(dep)
+                deppn = self.recipecaches[depmc].pkg_fn[deptaskfn]
                 depend_tree["tdepends"][dotname].append("%s.%s" % (deppn, bb.runqueue.taskname_from_tid(dep)))
             if taskfn not in seen_fns:
                 seen_fns.append(taskfn)
@@ -1566,7 +1587,7 @@
                     pkgs_to_build.append(t)
 
         if 'universe' in pkgs_to_build:
-            parselog.warning("The \"universe\" target is only intended for testing and may produce errors.")
+            parselog.verbnote("The \"universe\" target is only intended for testing and may produce errors.")
             parselog.debug(1, "collating packages for \"universe\"")
             pkgs_to_build.remove('universe')
             for mc in self.multiconfigs:
@@ -1633,7 +1654,10 @@
 class CookerCollectFiles(object):
     def __init__(self, priorities):
         self.bbappends = []
-        self.bbfile_config_priorities = priorities
+        # Priorities is a list of tupples, with the second element as the pattern.
+        # We need to sort the list with the longest pattern first, and so on to
+        # the shortest.  This allows nested layers to be properly evaluated.
+        self.bbfile_config_priorities = sorted(priorities, key=lambda tup: tup[1], reverse=True)
 
     def calc_bbfile_priority( self, filename, matched = None ):
         for _, _, regex, pri in self.bbfile_config_priorities: